The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC), the national battery manufacturing scale-up facility located in Coventry in the West Midlands, has appointed Naseer Ahmed to the post of Commercial Director.

Naseer, who joined UKBIC as Business Development Manager in June 2021, has previously worked in research, development and manufacturing organisations for a range of telecommunications, space and battery companies, including Ericsson, Fujitsu, Airbus Defence and Space and ABSL. 

The newly appointed Commercial Director, who will start in his new role on Tuesday May 1, will be responsible for business development, sales, and customer projects, and will also work as part of UKBIC’s Executive Team.

Naseer Ahmed, UKBIC Commercial Director, said: “I’m delighted to have been promoted to the post of Commercial Director at UKBIC. Helping our customers get the most from working with UKBIC has the potential to have a huge impact on the growth of the UK battery sector, and I am looking forward to developing this further.”

Jeff Pratt, UKBIC’s Managing Director, added: “I’m pleased that Naseer has taken the role of Commercial Director at UKBIC. Since joining the business in 2021, he has been a key player in our fantastic Business Development team, helping us to grow our commercial offering and supporting UKBIC’s customers in their scale-up journey.”

UKBIC is a £130 million 20,000 square metre pioneering facility, which provides the missing link between battery technology, which has proved promising at laboratory or prototype scale, and successful mass production.



UKBIC is a key part of the Faraday Battery Challenge, a UK Government programme to fast track the development of cost-effective, high-performance, durable, safe, low-weight and recyclable batteries.